Proverbs 20 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Wine is a volupteous thynge, & dronckennes causeth sedicion: who so deliteth therin, shal neuer be wyse. ² The kyng oughte to be feared as the roarynge of a Lyon, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth agaynst hys owne soule. ³ It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from stryfe, but they that haue pleasure in braulinge, are fooles euery one. ⁴ A slouthfull body will not go to plowe for colde, therefore shall he go a beggynge in Sommer, and haue nothynge. ⁵ Wyse counsayll in the herte of man is lyke a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hathe vnderstanding, bringeth it forth. ⁶ Many there be that are called good doers, but whereshal one fynde a true faythful man? ⁷ Who so leadeth a godly and an innocent lyfe, happy shal his chyldren be whome he leaueth behynde hym. ⁸ A kynge that sitteth in iudgement, and loketh well aboute hym, dryueth awaye all euell. ⁹ Who can saye: my herte is cleane, I am innocent from sinne? ¹⁰ To vse two maner of weyghtes, or twoo maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the Lorde. ¹¹ A chylde is knowen by hys conuersacion, whether hys workes be pure & right. ¹² As for the hearing of the eare & the sight of the eye, the Lord hath made them both. ¹³ Delyte not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouerte: but open thyne eyes, and thou shalt haue bread ynough. ¹⁴ It is naught, It is naught (say men) when they haue it, but when it is gone, they geue it a good woorde. ¹⁵ A mouth of vnderstanding is more worth then gold, many precious stones, & costly iewels. ¹⁶ Take his garment that is suerty for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowen mans sake. ¹⁷ Euery man liketh the bread that is gotten with disceate, but at the laste hys mouth shalbe filled with grauell. ¹⁸ Thorow counsayl the thynges that men deuise go forward: and with discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande. ¹⁹ Medle not with hym that bewrayeth secretes, and is a sclaunderer, and disceaueth with hys lippes. ²⁰ Whoso curseth hys father and mother, hys lyght shalbe put outin the myddest of darcknesse. ²¹ The herytage that commeth to hastely at the fyrste, shall not be praised at the ende. ²² Saye not thou: I wyll recompence euel, but put thy truste in the Lorde, and he shall defende the. ²³ The Lorde, abhorreth two maner of weyghtes, and a false balaunce is an euell thinge. ²⁴ The Lorde ordreth euery mans goinges, for what is he that vnderstandeth his owne wayes? ²⁵ It is a snare for a man to to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go aboute wyth vowes. ²⁶ A wyse kynge destroyeth the vngodly, & bringeth the whele ouer them. ²⁷ The lanterne of the Lord is the breath of man, and goeth thorow al the inward partes of the body. ²⁸ Mercy and faithfulnes preserue the kynge, and wyth louyng kyndnes his seate is holden vp. ²⁹ The strength of yong men is their worship, and a gray head, is an honour vnto the aged. ³⁰ Woundes dryue away euel, and so do strips the inward partes of the body.

²¹ & dranke of the wyne & was droncke, and lay vncouered in the middest of hys tent. ²² And Ham the father of Canaan sawe hys fathers priueties, and told hys .ij. brethren that were without. ²³ And Sem and Iapheth toke a mantyll, & put it on boeth theyr shoulders and went bacward, & couered theyr fathers secretes, but theyr faces were backewarde, so that they sawe not theyr fathers nakednes.

³¹ Than sayd the elder vnto the yonger: our father is olde, and there are no moo men in the erth to come in vnto vs after the maner of al the worlde. ³² Come therfore, let vs geue our father wyne to dryncke, and let vs lye wt hym that we maye saue seed of oure father. ³³ And they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same nyghte. And the elder doughter went and laye with her father. And he perceyued it not, nether when she lay doune, nether when she rose vp. ³⁴ And on the morowe the elder sayd vnto the yonger: beholde yesternyght laye I with my father. Let vs geue him wyne to drynke this nyght also, and go thou and lye wyth hym, & let vs saue seed of oure father. ³⁵ And they gaue their father wyne to dryncke that nyght also. And the yonger arose & laye with hym: and he perceyued it not: nether when she lay doune, nether when she rose vp. ³⁶ Thus were both the doughters of Lot with chylde by their father.

³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal: behold he helde a feaste in his house like the feast of a kynge, and Nabals herte was mery within him, and he was droncke a good. Wherfore she tolde hym naught nether lytle nor more, vntil to morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornynge, when the wyne was gone out of Nabal, hys wyfe tolde him those wordes, and hys herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone, ³⁸ and vpon a ten dayes after the Lorde smote Nabal, that he dyed.

¹³ And Dauid called hym, and he ate and drancke before hym, & he made hym dronck. And at euen he went out to lye on hys couche with the seruauntes of the Lorde, and went not doune to hys house.

²⁸ Then Absalom commaunded hys younge men sayinge: marke when Amnons herte is mery wyth wyne, & when I byd you smyte Amnon then kyll him: feare not, for it is I that byd you, be bolde therfore, & playe the lustye bloudes.

¹⁶ And they went out at none when Benhadad was drinckynge stronge dryncke in the pauilions with the two and thyrtye kynges that holpe hym. ¹⁷ And the men of the shrifes of the shires went out fyrste. And Benhadad sent out, and they shewed him saying: there came men out e Samaria. ¹⁸ And he sayd: yf they come out of for peace, take them aliue. And also yf they come for warre take them yet alyue. ¹⁹ And when those men of the shrifes of the shires were come out of the citie and the host after them, they slue euery one of them his man. ²⁰ And the Siriens fled, and Israel folowed after them. And Benhadad the kinge of Siria scaped on a horsse with hys horsemen. ²¹ And the kinge of Israel went out and smote horsse and charet, & slue a great slaughter of the Sirians.

²⁹ Wher is wo? wher is sorow? where is strife? where is brauling? wher are wounds without cause? wher be reed eies? ³⁰ Euen among those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redde it is, & what a coloure it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the laste it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth, as an Adder. ³³ So shall thyne eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, and thyne herte shal muse vpon froward thyngs. ³⁴ Yea thou shalt be as thoughe thou sleptest in the middest of that sea, or vpon the toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalte thou say) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well wakened, I will go to the dryncke agayne.

⁴ O Lamuel, geue kynges no wyne, geue kynges & princes no strong drincke:

²² Wo be vnto them, that are connynge men to suppe oute wyne, and experte to set vp dronckennesse.

⁷ But they go wronge by the reason of wyne, they fall and stacker because of stronge drincke. Yea euen the Priestes and Prophetes them selues go amysse, they are droncken with wyne, & weake brayned thorowe stronge drincke. They erre in seynge, and in iudgemente they fayle.

¹² Come (saye they) I wil fetche wyne, so shall we fyll oure selues, that we maye be droncken. And to morowe, lyke as to daye, yea and much more.

¹¹ Whordome, wine and drockennesse take the herte away.

⁵ Euen so goeth it thys day with oure kinges & princes, for they beginne to be wodde droncken thorowe wine, they vse familarite with suche as disceyue him.

¹⁵ Wo vnto hym that geueth his neighboure dryncke, to get hym wrothefull dyspleasure for his dronckennesse: that he maye se his preuytees. ¹⁶ Therfore wyth shame shalte thou be fylled, in steade of honoure. Drincke thou also tyll thou slombre wyth al: for the cuppe of the Lordes ryght hande shall compasse the about and shamefull spewyng in steade of thy worshippe.

¹⁰ neither theues, neythe couetous, neither dronkardes, neither cursed speakers, neither pyllars, shall inherete the kyngedome of God.

²¹ enuiynge, murther, drounkennes, glottonye, and suche lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tymes past, that they whiche commytte suche thynges shall not enheryte the kingdome of God.

¹⁸ and be not drounke wt wyne. wherin is excesse, but be fulfylled wyth the spirite,

³⁸ for the censers of the synners are halowed in theyr deathes: and let them be beaten, into thyne plates and fastened vpon the alter. For they offered theim before the Lorde, and therfore they are holye and they shalbe a sygne vnto the children of Israel.

²³ Then kynge Salomon sware by the Lorde sayinge: God do so to me, and so therto yf Adoniah haue not spoken this worde agaynst hym selfe.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynste me, hurteth hys owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁴ The kynges dyspleasure is a messaunger of deathe, but a wyse man wyll pacyfye hym. ¹⁵ The chearefull conntenaunce of the kynge is lyfe, and hys louynge fauoure is as the euenynge dewe.

¹² The kynges disfauour is lyke the roaryng of a Lyon, but hys frendship is lyke the dewe vpon the grasse.

⁴ If a principall sprete be geuen the to beare rule, be not negligente then in thine office: for so shall great wickednesse be put doun, as it were wt a medecine.

¹⁰ The Lorde roareth lyke a Lyon, that they maye folowe him: yea as a lyon roareth he, that they may be afrayed like the children of the sea:

⁸ When a lyon roareth, who wyll not be afrayed? Seynge then that the Lord God him selfe speaketh, who wyll not prophecye?

¹⁰ Thou hast deuysed the shame of thyne owne house, for thou haste slayne to muche people, and hast wylfully offended,

⁹ But Ioas kyng of Israel sente agayne to Amaziah kyng of Iuda, sayinge. A thistel in Libanon sent to a cypresse tree in Lybanon, sayinge: geue thy doughter to my sonne to wyfe. But the wylde beastes in Lybanon went and troade doune the thistel.

¹⁷ An vnpacient man dealeth folyshly, but he that is well aduysed doth other wayes.

²⁹ Pacyence is a token of wisdom, but wrath & hasty displasure is a token of folyshnesse.

³² A pacyente man is better then one stronge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he that winneth a city.

¹⁴ He that soweth discord & strife, is lyke one that dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out & renneth abroad.

⁶ A fooles lippes are euer brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll.

¹¹ A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honour to let some fautes passe.

²⁴ He that is proud & presumptuous, is called a scorneful man, whyche in wrath darre worke malycyouslye.

⁸ Be not hastye to go to the law, lest happely thou order thy selfe so at the laste, that thy neighbour put the to shame. ⁹ Handle thy mater wt thy neyghbour him self, and dyscouer not an other mans secrete: ¹⁰ lest when men heare therof, it turne to thy dishonoure, and lest thine euell name do not ceasse.

⁶ to the prayse of the glory of hys grace, wherewith he hath made vs accepted in the beloued. ⁷ By whome we haue redemption thorowe hys bloude, euen the forgeuenes of synnes accordyng to the ryches of hys grace ⁸ he shedde on vs aboundauntlye in all wysdome & perseueraunce.

³² Be ye courteouse one to another and mercyfull, forgeuynge one another, euen as God for Christes sake forgaue you.

¹⁴ But, yf ye haue bitter enuyinge and strife in youre hertes, reioyce not: neyther be lyars agaynste the trueth.

¹ From whence commeth warre & fyghtynge amonge you: come they not hear hence? euen of your voluptuousnes, that rayne in youre membres.

¹⁰ Yea slepe on stil a litle, slomber a lytle, folde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

⁴ An ydle hand maketh pore, but a quicke laboryng hand maketh ryche.

⁴ The slogarde woulde fayne haue, and can not get his dsyre: but the soule of the diligente shall haue plenty.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bringeth slepe, & an ydel soule shall suffer hunger.

²⁴ A slouthful body shuteth hys hande into hys bosome, so that he cannot put it to his mouth.

³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

¹³ The slouthful sayeth: there is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the myddest of the stretes. ¹⁴ Lyke as the dore turneth aboute vpon the thresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull welter hym self in his bedde. ¹⁵ The slouthful bodye thrusteth his hand into his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slogard thynketh hym selfe wyser then? .vij. men that sit & teach.

³ The folyshe toke theyr lampes, but toke none oyle with them. ⁴ But the wise toke oyle with them in their vessels with their lampes also. ⁵ Whyle the brydegrome taried, al slombred and slepte. ⁶ And euen at midnight there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome cometh, goo out againste hym. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes. ⁸ And the folishe sayed to the wise: gyue vs of your oyle for oure lampes go out. ⁹ But the wyse aunswered sayinge not so, least there be not ynough for vs and you: but go rather to them that sell & by for your selues. ¹⁰ And whyle they went to bye the brydegrome came: and they that were redie, went in wyth hym to the weddinge, and the gate was shut vp.

²⁴ Then he which had receiued the one talent, came & sayde, maister, I consydered that thou waste an harde man, which repest were thou sowest not, & gadderest where thou strawest not, ²⁵ and was therfore afraide, and went and hid thy talente in the earth: beholde, thou hast thyne owne. ²⁶ His maister aunswered and said vnto hym: thou euyll seruaunte and slouthful, thou knewest that I repe wher I sowed not, and gadder wher I strawed not: ²⁷ thou oughtest therfore to haue had my money to the chaungers, then at my commynge shoulde I haue receyued myne owne with vauntage. ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath ten talentes.

⁵ And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge temperancie, and in temperauncie, pacience, in pacience, Godlynes, ⁷ in Godlines brotherly kyndnes, in brotherlye kindnes, loue. ⁸ For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous, they wyll make you, that ye neyther shalbe ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of oure Lord Iesu Christe. ⁹ But he that lacketh these thinges, is blind and gropeth for the waye with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde synnes. ¹⁰ Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callinge and eleccion sure. For if ye do suche thinges, ye shal neuer erre. ¹¹ Yea and by this meanes an entringe in, shalbe minystred vnto you aboundantlye into the euerlastinge kingdome of oure Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ.

⁶ They ymagyn wyckednes, and kepe it secrete amonge them selues, euerye man in the depe of his herte.

⁴ The wordes of mans mouth are lyke depe waters, and the well of wysdome is lyke a full streame.

¹¹ For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue the spyryte of a man, whiche is wythin him. Euen so the thinges of God knoweth no man, but the spirite of God.

¹ To the chaunter vpon Sheminith, a Psalme of Dauid. Helpe Lord, for there is not one saincte more: very fewe faythfull are there amonge the chyldren of men.

¹⁴ Whoso maketh great boasts & geueth nothing, is like cloudes & wind without rain.

² Let another man praise the, & not thine own mouth yea other folkes lips, & not thine.

²⁸ Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one, but not one woman amonge all.

¹ Loke thorow Ierusalem, beholde and se: Seke thorow the her stretes also wythin, yf ye can fynde one man, that doth equall and right, or that laboureth to be faythfull: and I shall spare hym (sayeth the Lorde.)

² There is not a godlye man vpon earth, there is not one ryghtuous amonge men. They laboure al to shed bloud, and euery man hunteth his brother to death:

² Whensoeuer therfore thou geuest thime almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the hypocrytes do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praised of men. Verely I saye vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

⁸ I tell you, he wil auenge them, and that quickly. Neuerthelesse when the sonne of man commeth, suppose ye, that he shall fynde fayth on earth?

¹¹ The Pharyse stode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God I thanke the, that I am not as other men are, extorsioners, vniust, aduouterers, or as this publican,

²⁸ Then sayed Peter: Loo we haue lefte al, & folowed the.

³³ And he said vnto him: Lorde I am redye to go with the into prison, and to death.

⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael comminge to him and sayde of him: Beholde a right Israelyte, in whom is no gyle.

¹¹ I am made a fole in bostynge my selfe. Ye haue compelled me: I ought to haue bene commended of you. For in nothynge was I inferyor vnto the chiefe Apostles. Thoughe I be nothynge

⁷ Moreouer I wyl make my bonde betwene me & the, and thy seed after the, in their times to be an euerlastyng testament, So that I wyl be god vnto the & to thy seed after the.

² Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life: that doth the thing which is right, and that speaketh the trueth from hys hert.

¹ Of Dauid. Be thou my iudge, O Lord, for I walke innocently: my trust is in the Lorde therfore shal I not fal.

¹¹ But as for me I wyll walcke innocentely: O deliuer me, and be mercyfull vnto me.

²⁶ The righteous is euer mercifull, and lendeth gently, therfore shal his sede be blessed.

² Hys sede shal be mighty vpon earth the generacyon of the faythfull shalbe blessed.

²² Which their chylders chyldren shal haue in possession, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for the iuste.

² Who so feareth the Lorde, walketh in the ryght path: and regardeth not hym that abhorreth the wayes of the Lord.

¹ Better is the poore that lyueth godly then the blasphemer that is but a foole.

¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly lyfe (saye I) and speaketh the trueth: He that abhorreth to do vyolence and dysceyte: he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde: which stoppeth hys eares that he heare no councel agaynste the innocent: which holdeth doune hys eyes, that he se none euyll.

³⁹ And I wyll geue them one herte and one waye, that they maye feare me all the dayes of their lyfe, that they and their children after them maye prospere.

⁶ Both were perfect before God, and walked in al the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde faute with them.

³⁹ For the promyse was made vnto you and to your chyldren, & to all that are a farre, euen as manye as the Lorde oure God shall call.

¹² Oure reioysinge is this, the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and Godly purenes, and not in fleshely wysdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had oure conuersation in the worlde, and moste of all to youwardes.

¹¹ For the grace of God, that bringeth saluacion vnto al men, hath apered ¹² & teacheth vs that we shoulde denye vngodlynes & worldly lustes, and that we shoulde lyue sobre mynded ryghtuouslye and Godly in this present worlde,

³ I reioysed greatly, when the brethren came and testifyed of the trueth that is in the, how thou walkest in the trueth. ⁴ I haue no greater ioye, then for to heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritye.

³ Then sayde Dauids men vnto hym: se we be afrayed here in Iuda. What shal we then be, when we come to Keilah, to the host of the Philistines. ⁴ Then Dauid asked the Lorde agayne. And the Lorde answered hym and sayde: vp and go to Keilah, for I will delyuer the Philistines into thyne handes.

⁴ And he shalbe as the mornynge lyght, when the sunne shyneth in a mornynge in whyche are no cloudes to lette the bryghtnesse, and as the grasse of the earthe is by the vertue of the raygne.

⁴ He shall kepe the symple folke by theyr ryght, defende the chyldren of the poore, and punish the wronge doer.

⁹ For lo, thyne enemyes, O Lord, lo, thyne enemyes shall perishe, and all the workers of wickednes shalbe scatred abroade.

⁴ The kinges power loueth iudgment, thou preparest equite, thou executest iudgment and ryghtuousnes in, Iacob.

⁶ Myne eyes shal loke for such as be faythfull in the lande, that they maye dwell wyth me: and who so leadeth a godly liue, shall be my seruaunt. ⁷ There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shall not tary in my syght. ⁸ I shalll soone destroye all the vngodlie of the lande, that all wycked doers maye be roted out of the cytie of the Lord.

¹² It is a great abhominatyon when kynges are wycked, for a kinges seat should be holden vp wyth ryghtuousnesse

²⁶ A wyse kynge destroyeth the vngodly, & bringeth the whele ouer them.

⁵ Take awaye vngodlynes from the king, & his seat shalbe stablished wt ryghtuousnes

¹⁴ The seate of the Kynge that faythfully iudgeth the poore, shall contynue sure for euermore.

¹ Beholde, the kynge shal gouerne after the rule of ryghtuousnes, & the princes shal rule according to the balaunce of equyte.

⁴⁶ And finally when they shall haue synned agaynst the (for there is no man that synneth not) & thou art angrye with them and hast delyuered them to their enemyes, that they be caryed awaye prysoners vnto the land of theyr enemyes, whether ferre or neare,

³⁶ If they shall synne agaynste the (as there is no man but that he shall synne) & thou be angrye wyth them, and delyuer them to their enemyes, and they layde them away captyue vnto a lande ferre or neare,

⁴ Who can make it cleane, that commeth of an vncleane thynge? No body.

¹⁴ What is man, that he shoulde be cleane? what hath he (whiche is borne of a woman) wherby he myght be knowne to be ryghtuous?

⁴ But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? Or, how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?

⁵ Beholde, I was borne in wickednesse, & in synne hath my mother conceyued me.

²⁰ for there is not one iuste vpon earth, that doth good, and synneth not.

⁴ I knowe nought by my selfe: yet am I not therby iustified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye.

⁸ If we saye that we haue no sinne, we deceiue oure selues, and trueth is not in vs. ⁹ If we knowledge oure sinnes, he is faythfull and iust, to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from al vnrightuousnes. ¹⁰ If we say we haue not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in vs.

³⁵ Ye shall do no vnryghteousnes in iudgement nether in meteyearde, weyght or measure.

²⁵ The Images of their Gods thou shalt burne wyth fire, and se that thou couet not the syluer or golde that is on them nor take it vnto the, least thou be snared therwyth. For it is an abhomination vnto the lord thy God. ²⁶ Bring not therfore the abhomination to thyne house, least thou be a damned thing as it is: but vtterlye defye it and abhorre it, for it is a thynge that must be destroyed.

¹³ Thou shalbe not haue in thy bagge two maner of weyghtes, a great & a smal, ¹⁴ nether shalt thou haue in thine house dyuerse measures, a great & a small. ¹⁵ But thou shalt haue a perfect and a iust measure: that thy dayes may be lenghthed in the land which the Lord thy God geueth the.

¹ A false balance is an abhomynation vnto the Lord, but a true weight pleaseth him.

¹¹ A true measure and a true balaunce are the Lordes, he maketh all weightes.

²³ The Lorde, abhorreth two maner of weyghtes, and a false balaunce is an euell thinge.

⁴ Heare this, O ye that oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in the lande, saying: ⁵ When wil the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, & the Sabboth, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the busshell lesse, and the Sycle greater? ⁶ We shal set vp false waightes that we maye gett the poore vnder vs wyth their money, and the nedy also for shues: yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne. ⁷ The Lorde hath sworne agaynst the pride of Iacob: these workes of theirs wyl I neuer forget.

¹⁰ Shulde I not be displeased, for the vnrightuous good in the houses of the wycked, and because the measure hys mynyshed? ¹¹ Or shulde I iustifie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceytfull weyghtes,

⁸ But the fearful and vnbeleuing, & the abhominable, & murtherers, & whoremongers, & sorcerers, & ydolaters, & al lyars shall haue their parte in the lake which burneth wt fyre & brymstone, which is the seconde death.

³ The vngodly are froward, euen from their mothers wombe: as soone as they be borne, they go a stray and speake lyes.

⁸ The waies of the froward are straunge, but the worckes of him that is cleane, are ryght

¹⁵ Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of the lad, but the rod of correccion dryueth it awaye.

¹⁶ Ye shall knowe them by their fruites. Do men gaddre grapes of thornes? or figges of bryers?

¹⁵ For he shalbe greate in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neyther drinke wyne nor stronge drinke. And he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen in his mothers wombe:

⁶⁶ and all that hearde them laide them vp in their hartes sayinge: What maner chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with him.

⁴⁶ And it fortuned after thre dayes that they founde him in the tempell, syttynge in the middes of the doctours, both hearynge them and posynge them. ⁴⁷ And all that hearde him, meruaylled at his wit and aunswers.

⁴³ It is not a good tre that bryngeth forth euyll frute: neither is that au euil tre that bringeth forth good frute. ⁴⁴ For euery tre is knowen by his fruite. Neyther of thornes gather men fygges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.

¹¹ And the Lord sayed vnto hym: who hath made mans mouthe, or who hath made the dombe or the deaffe, the seynge or the blind? haue not I the Lord?

⁹ He that planted the eare, shal he not heare? he that made the eye, shal not he se?

¹⁸ Open thou myne eyes, and so shall I spy out wonderous thynges in thy lawe.

¹³ Therfore speake I to them in similitudes: for though they se, they se not: and hearyng they heare not: neyther vnderstand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the Prophesye of Esayas, whych prophesie sayth: with the eares ye shal heare, and shal not vnderstande, and with the eyes ye shal se, and shall not perceyue. ¹⁵ For this people hertes are waxed grosse, and their eares were dull of hearynge, and their eyes haue they closed, lest they should se with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstand with their hertes, & should tourne that I myght heale them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they se: and your eares, for thei heare.

¹⁸ to open theyr eyes, that they myght turne from darckenes to lyght, and from the power of Satan vnto God: that they maye receiue forgeuenes of synnes, and inheritaunce amonge them whyche are sanctyfyed by fayth in me.

¹⁷ that the God of oure Lord Iesus Christ, and the father of glorye myghte geue vnto you the spyryte of wysdome, and open to you the knoweledge of hym selfe, ¹⁸ and lyghten the eyes of youre myndes that ye myght knowe what that hope is, where vnto he hath called you, and what the ryches of hys gloryous inheritaunce is vpon the saynctes,

⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe?

¹¹ He that tilleth his lande, shal haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydelnes, is a very foole.

³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthful, and by the vineiarde of the feld of the slouthful and by the vyneyeardes of the folish man. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wyth nettels, and stode ful of thistles. and the stone wall was broken doune. ³² Thys I saw, and consydered it well I loked vpon it, and toke it for a warnyng. ³³ Yea slepe on styl a lytle, slomber a lytle, fold thyne handes together yet a lytle, ³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

⁶ So the master of the shyppe came to hym and sayde vnto hym: why slomberest thou? Vp, call vpon thy God: yf God (happely) wil thyncke vpon vs, that we peryshe not.

¹¹ Let not the busynes whiche ye haue in hande, be tedyous to you. Be feruente in the spirite. Applye youre selues to the time.

¹¹ Thys also we knowe, I meane the season, howe that it is tyme, that we should now awake oute of slepe. For nowe is oure saluacyon nearer, then when we beleued.

³⁴ Awake truelye out of slepe and synne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this vnto you: rebuke.

¹⁴ Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest, and stand vp from death, and Christ shall geue the lyght.

¹⁰ For when we were with you thys we warned you of, that yf there were any whiche woulde not worke, that the same shoulde not eate.

¹⁰ Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayd: lo, this is new? For it was longe a goo in the tymes that haue bene before vs.

⁷ But the marchaunte hath a false weyght in his hande, he hath a pleasure to occupye extorsion. ⁸ Ephraim thinketh thus: Tush, I am ryche, I haue good ynoughe. In all my worckes shall not one fawte be founde, that I haue offended.

⁶ that no man go to far and defraude his brother in bargaining: because the Lorde is a reuenger of al suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified.

¹² Howe commeth a man then by wysedome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstandinge? ¹³ Verely no man can tell howe worthy a thynge she is, neither is she found in the land of the liuinge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The sea sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fine gould, neither may the pryce of her be bought with any money. ¹⁶ No wedges of goulde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, neyther goulde, nor Christal, neyther swete odoures, nor golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellent, as ones to be named vnto her: for perfecte wisedome goeth farre beyonde them al. ¹⁹ The Topas that commeth out of Iude, may in no wise be lykened vnto her: yea no maner of apparel howe pleasaunt and fayre soeuer it be.

¹⁵ Wysdome is more worth then precyous stones, and all thinges that thou canste desyre, are not to be compared vnto her.

¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then precious stones, yea, all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto it.

²⁰ An innocent tong is a noble treasure, but the hert of the vngodly is nothynge worthe. ²¹ The lyppes of the rightuous fed a whole multitude, but foles shal die in their owne folye.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth out knowledge, but the herte of the folysh doth not so.

²³ O howe ioyfull a thing is it, a man to geue a conuenyente answere? O how pleasaunt is a word spoken in due season.

¹⁶ To haue wysdome in possesstion is better then gold, & to get vnderstanding is more worth then siluer.

²¹ Who so hath a wyse vnderstanding, is called to councel but he that canne speake faire getteth more riches.

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshynge of the mynde, and helth of the bones.

¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold.

⁹ The same Preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the ground & set forth many parables. ¹⁰ His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, and the wordes of trueth. ¹¹ For the wordes of the wise are like prickes and nayles that go thorow, wherewith men are kepte together: for they are geuen of one shepeherde onely.

¹⁴ But how shall they call on hym, on whom they beleued not? howe shall they beleue no hym of whom they haue not hearde? howe shall they heare withoute a preacher? ¹⁵ And howe shall they preache except they be sent? As it is wrytten: howe beautyfull are the fete of them whiche brynge glad tydynges of peace, and bryng glad tydynges of good thynges.

²⁹ Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouthes: but that whiche is good to edefye wyth all, when nede is: that it maye haue fauoure with the hearers.

²⁶ If thou take thy neyghboures rayment to pledge, that thou delyuer it vnto him agayne by that the sunne go downe. ²⁷ For that is hys couerlet onely: euen the raymente for his skynne wherein he slepeth: or els he wyll crye vnto me and I wyl heare him, for I am mercyfull.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes,

³ For the lyppes of an harlot are a droppynge combe, and her throte is softer then oyle.

⁵ that she may kepe the from the starnge woman, and from the harlot which geueth swete wordes,

¹⁰ And beholde, ther met him a woman in an harlots apparel,

¹⁵ He that is suerty for a straunger, hurteth him self: but he that medleth not with suertiship, is sure.

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that bind their hand vpon promyse, and are suerttye: for dett: ²⁷ for if thou hast nothing to paye, he shall take awaye thy bed from vnder the.

²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pyt.

¹³ Take hys garmente that is suertye for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake.

⁶ And the woman saw that it was a good tree to eate of, and lusty vnto the eies, & a pleasant tree forto geue vnderstandynge. And toke of the frute of it & ate, & gaue vnto her husband also wt her, & he ate. ⁷ And the eyes of bothe them were opened, that they vnderstode howe that they were naked. Than they sowed figge leues together and made them apurns.

¹² When wyckednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge. ¹³ That he fauoureth, that wyll he not forsake, but kepeth it close in his throte. ¹⁴ The meate that he eateth, shalbe turned to the poyson of serpentes, with in his body. ¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal draw them out of his bely ¹⁶ he shal sucke the serpentes head, & the adders tonge shal slaye hym: ¹⁷ so that he shall nomore se the ryuers & brokes of honye & butter: ¹⁸ But laboure shall he, and yet haue nothinge to eate. Greate trauayle shall he make for ryches, but he shall not enioye them. ¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them. ²⁰ Hys bely could neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his coueteousnesse.

¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and dryncke the wyne of robberye.

¹⁷ stollen waters are swete, and the bread that is preuely eaten, hath a good tast. ¹⁸ But they consyder not that death is there, and that her gestes go doune to hell.

⁹ Be glad then (O thou yong man) in thy youth, and let thine herte be mery in thy yonge daies: folowe the wayes of thine owne herte, and the luste of thyne eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall brynge the into iudgement for all these thinges.

¹⁵ He hath fylled me with bytternesse, and geuen me wormwod to dryncke. ¹⁶ Vau. He hath smytten my teth in peces, & rolled me in the dust.

²⁵ and those rather to suffer aduersitie wyth the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of synne for a season,

¹ After the death of Iosua the children of Israel asked the Lord saying Who shal go vp first vnto the Cananites to fyghte agaynst them? ² And the Lorde sayde: Iuda shall go vp: beholde I haue delyuered the land into hys handes.

²⁹ wold God thys people were vnder my hande, then I wolde take Abimelech oute of the waye. And one sayd vnto Abimelech: make thyne hosts greater and go oute.

⁷ Beholde ye are all chyldren of Israel. Se therfore and geue your aduyse in the case.

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose & went vp to Bethel, and asked of God, who shoulde begynne to battel agaynste the children of Beniamin, and the Lorde sayd: Iuda shal beginne.

²³ but they went fyrste vp & wept before the Lord vnto euen, and asked of the Lorde saying: shal we go againe to battel agaynste the children of Beniamin oure brethren? And the Lord sayde: go vnto them:

²⁶ Then the chyldren of Israell and all the people went vp and came vnto Bethel, and wepte and sat there before the Lorde, & fasted the same daye vnto euen, and offered burntofferinges and peace offeringes before the Lorde. ²⁷ And they asked the Lorde: for there was the arcke of the apoyntment of God, in those dayes. ²⁸ And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron waytyng vpon it at that time, & they sayd: shal we go out any more to battel agaynst the children of Beniamin oure brethren, or shal we cease? And the Lord said go: for to morowe I wil deliuer them into youre handes.

²⁶ Then Abner called to Ioab, and sayde: shal the swerd deuoure without ende? knowest thou not that bytternesse is wont to come in the latter ende? howe longe shall it be, yer thou bydde the people returne from folowynge theyr brethren? ²⁷ And Ioab aunswered: as truely as God lyueth, yf thou haddest so sayde, then euen in the mornynge had the people departed, eche from folowing hys brother.

¹⁷ Then Amaziah kyng of Iuda toke aduise & sent to Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu kynge of Israel & sayde, come, & let vs se ether other. ¹⁸ And Ioas kynge of Israel sent agayne to Amaziah kynge of Iuda sayinge: a thistell in Libanon sent to a Cedar tree of Libanon sayinge: geue thy daughter to my sonne to wife. But there came the wilde beastes of Libanon and troade downe the thistell. ¹⁹ Thou thinkest: se, I haue beaten the Edomites, therfore thyne hert aryseth to glorifye thy selfe. Now byde at home, what neadeth the to prouoke to euell, that thou perishe and Iuda with the. ²⁰ But Amaziah rested not: for it came of God, euen to delyuer them into the handes of theyr enemyes: and that because they had sought the Gods of the Edomites. ²¹ And Ioas kynge of Israel came vp: and they saw ether other, both he and Amaziah kynge of Iuda at Betsames in Iuda. ²² And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel, and fled euery man to hys tent. ²³ And Ioas kynge of Israel toke Amaziah Kynge of Iuda the sonne of Iehoas the sonne of Ohoziah at Bethsames: and brought hym to Ierusalem, and tare the walle of Ierusalem from the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure hundred cubytes longe.

¹⁴ Where no good counsail is there the people decaye: but where as many are that can geue counsayll, there is wealth.

²² Vnaduised thoughts shal come to naught but wher as men are that can geue councel, ther is stedfastnes.

⁶ For wt discrecion must warres be taken in hand, & wher as are many thou can geue councell, there is the victorye.

⁸ Be not hastye to go to the law, lest happely thou order thy selfe so at the laste, that thy neighbour put the to shame.

³¹ Or what kynge goeth to make batayle agaynste another kynge, & sytteth not doune fyrste, and casteth in hys mynd, whyther he be able with ten thousande to mete hym that cometh against him with twentye thousande.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not goo vp & doune a preuy accusee amonge thy people, nether shalt thou helpe to shedde the bloud of thy neyghbour: I am the Lorde.

¹³ A dissembling person will discouer preuy thinges, but he that is of a faythful hert, wil kepe counsayl.

³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so speaketh vnaduised findeth harme.

²⁹ A wycked man begyleth hys neyghbour, and leadeth hym the waye that is not good.

⁸ The words of a sclanderer are very woundes, and go thorow vnto the inmost parts of the body.

²¹ My sonne, feare thou the Lord and the kyng, and kepe no company with the sclaunderous:

²⁰ Where no wodde is, there the fyre goeth oute: and where the backcbyter is taken awaye, there the stryfe ceaseth. ²¹ Coales kyndle heate, and wode the fire: euen so doth a braulynge felowe stere vp varyaunce. ²² A slaunderers wordes are lyke flaterye, but they pearse the inwarde partes of the bodye.

¹⁸ For they that are such, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ: but theyr owne bellyes, and with swete preachynges & flatterynge wordes deceyue the hertes of the innocentes.

¹² Honour thy father & thy mother, that thy dayes may be longe in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth the.

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father or mother, shalbe put to death for it.

⁹ Whosoeuer curseth his father or mother shal dye for it, his bloud on his head, because he hath cursed hys father or mother.

¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth hys father or his mother, and all the people shall saye Amen.

⁵ Shall not the lyght of the vngodly be put oute? yee the flame of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in hys dwellynge, and hys candle shalbe put out with hym.

¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world.

⁹ The lyght of the rightuous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out.

²⁰ And why? the wycked hath nothyng to hope for, and the candle of the vngodly shal be put oute.

¹¹ He that bringeth vp an euell reporte vpon the generacion of hys father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

¹⁷ Who so laugheth hys father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naughte: the rauens pycke out hys eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yonge Aegles.

⁴ For God commaunded saying: honoure thy father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother shall suffre death.

¹³ Then sayed the kynge to hys mynisters: take and bynde hym hande and fote, and caste hym into vtter darcknes, there shal be weping and gnashing of teeth.

⁸ And the folishe sayed to the wise: gyue vs of your oyle for oure lampes go out.

¹⁰ For Moyses sayd: Honour thy father and thy mother: and whosoeuer curseth father or mother, let him dye for it. ¹¹ But ye saye a man shall saye to father or mother Corban: whiche is, that thou desirest me to helpe the with, is geuen God. ¹² And so ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother, ¹³ makynge the worde of God of none effect, thorowe youre owne tradicions, which you haue ordeyned. And many suche thinges ye do.

¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the sea, fomyng out theyr owne shame. They are wandryng starres to whome is reserued the myste of darcknes for euer.

¹⁶ Though he haue as muche money as the dust of the earthe, and raymente as ready as the claie, ¹⁷ he maye wel prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon him, & the innocent shall deale oute the money.

⁴ Take not ouer greate trauayle and labour to be ryche, beware of suche a purpose.

⁸ Who so increaseth hys ryches by vauntage and wynnynge, let hym gather them to helpe the poore wyth al.

²⁰ A faithfull man is greatlye to be commended, but he that maketh to much haste for to be rych, shall not be vngyltye.

²² He that wyll be ritch all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouertye shall come vpon him.

⁶ But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst hym, & mocke hym with a byworde & saye: Wo vnto hym that heapeth vp other mens goodes? Howe longe wyll he lade hym selfe with thicke claye?

⁴ I wyl bring it forth (sayeth the Lorde of hostes) so that it shall come to the house of the these, and to the house of hym, that falselye sweareth by my name, and shall remayne in hys house, and consume it, with the timbre & stones thereof.

² yf ye wyll not heare it, nor regarde it, to geue the glorye vnto my name, sayeth the lorde of hostes, I wyll sende a curse vpon you, and wyl cursle your blessinges: yea, curse them wil I yf ye do not take hede.

⁹ They that wyll be rych, fall into temptacyon and snares, and into many folysh and noysome lustes which drowne men in perdicyon and destruccyon.

³⁵ Vengeaunce is mine, and I wyll reward: theyr fete shall slyde, when the tyme cometh. For the tyme of theyr destruccion is at hand, & the tyme that shal come vpon them maketh hast.

¹² haplye the Lorde wyl loke on my wretchednesse, and do me good for hys cursynge thys daye.

¹⁴ O tary thou the Lordes leisure, be strong let thyne hert be of good comfort, and wayte thou still for the Lorde.

³⁴ Hope thou in the Lord, & kepe his waye, & he shal so promote the, that thou shalt haue the lande by enheritaunce, and se, when the vngodly shall perishe.

¹³ Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shall not departe frome hys house.

²⁹ Saye not I wil handle him, euen as he hath delte wt me and wil reward euery man according to his dedes.

³¹ But vnto them that haue the Lorde before their eyes, shal strength be encreased, Aegles wynges shall growe vpon them: When they runne they shall not fal: and when they go, they shal not be weery.

²⁵ Teth. O how good is the Lord vnto them, that put their truste in him, & to the soule that seketh after him? ²⁶ O how good is it with stylnesse to wate & tarye, for the health of the Lorde?

³⁹ But I saye to you that ye resyst not wrong. But who soeuer geue the a blowe on the right cheke, tourne to hym the other.

¹⁷ Recompence to no man euyll for euyll. Prouyde afore hande thynges honest in the syght of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possyble, how be it of your part, haue peace with all men. ¹⁹ Derely beloued auenge not youre selues, but geue roume vnto the wrathe of God. For it is wrytten: vengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁵ Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that which is good, both among your selues, and to all men.

²³ which when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffered, he threatened not: but commytted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghtuously,

⁹ not rendringe euyll for euyll, neyther rebuke for rebuke, but contrarywyse, blesse, remembryng that ye are thervnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of blessinge.

¹⁹ Wherfore let them that suffer according to the wil of God, commit their soules to him with wel doing, as vnto a faythfull creator.

¹⁰ To vse two maner of weyghtes, or twoo maner of measures, both these are abhominable vnto the Lorde.

¹⁰ Ye shall haue a true weyght, a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

⁷ But the marchaunte hath a false weyght in his hande, he hath a pleasure to occupye extorsion.

⁵ When wil the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, & the Sabboth, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the busshell lesse, and the Sycle greater?

⁴ Shewe me thy wayes, O Lord, & teach me thy pathes.

¹² Whatsoeuer he be that feareth the Lorde he shall shewe hym the waye that he hathe chosen.

²³ The Lorde ordreth a good mans goynge, and hath pleasure in hys waye.

⁸ The wysdome of hym that hath vnderstanding is, to take hede vnto hys way but the folyshnes of the vnwyse disceaueth.

⁹ A man deuyseth awaye in his herte, but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges.

⁶ For I shall send him among those ypocrytish people, amonge the people that haue deserued my disfauour shall I send him: that he maye vtterly robbe them, spoyle them, and tread them doune lyke the myre in the strete. ⁷ How be it, his meaninge is not so, neither thincketh his hert of this fasshion. But he ymagineth only, how he may ouerthrowe and destroye muche people,

²³ Now I knowe (O Lorde) that it is not in mans power to ordre hys owne wayes, or to rule hys owne steppes and goinges.

²³ but hast magnyfyed thy selfe aboue the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of hys house were broughte before the, that thou, and thy Lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, myght drincke wyne thereoute: And hast praysed the Idoles of syluer and golde, copper and yron, of wode and stone: As for the God in whose hande consysteth thy breth and all thy wayes: thou haste not loaued hym.

²⁸ For in him we lyue, moue, and haue our beyng, as certayne of your own Poetes sayd. For we are also hys generacion.

¹⁵ When a soule trespaceth & synneth thorowe ignoraunce in any of the holy thynges of the Lorde, he shall brynge for hys trespace vnto the Lorde a ram without blemish out of the flocke valued at two sicles after the sycle of the sanctuarye, for a trespace offerynge.

¹⁰ There shall no straunger eate of the halowed thinges, nether a gest of the preastes, or an hyred seruaunte. ¹¹ But yf the preast bye any soule wyth money he may eate of it, and he also that is borne in hys house maye eate of hys bred. ¹² If the preastes doughter be maryed vnto a straunger, she maye not eate of the halowed heue offringes. ¹³ Notwithstandyng yf the preastes daughter be a widowe or deuorsed & haue no chyld but is returned vnto her fathers house agayne, she shall eate of her fathers bread as well as she dyd in her youth. But there shall no straunger eate therof. ¹⁴ If a man eate of the halowed thynges vnwyttyngly, he shal put the fyfte part there vnto, & make good vnto the preast the halowed thynge. ¹⁵ And let the preastes se, that they defyle not the halowed thynges of the chyldren of Israel whych they haue offered vnto the Lorde,

⁹ If it be of the beastes of whych men bring an offeryng vnto the Lord: all that any man geueth of such vnto the lord, shalbe holy. ¹⁰ He may not alter it nor chaunge it: a good for a bad or a bad for a good. If he chaunge beast for beaste, then both the same beast and it also wherwith it was chaunged shalbe holy.

³⁰ All these tythes of the Lande, whether it be of the corne of the field or frute of the trees, shalbe holy vnto the Lord. ³¹ If anye man wil redeme ought of hys tythes, lette hym adde the fyfte parte more thereto.

² If a man vowe vnto the Lorde or swere an othe and bynde hys soule, he shall not go backe with hys worde: but shal fulfyll all that proceadeth out of his mouth. ³ If a damsell vowe a vowe vnto the Lord and bynde her selfe beyinge in her fathers house and vnmaried. ⁴ If her father heare her vowe & bond which she hath made vpon her soule, & holde hys peace therto: then all her vowes & bondes which she hath made vpon her soule shall stande in effecte. ⁵ But & yf her father forbyd her the same daye that he heareth it, none of her vowes nor bondes whych she hath made vpon her soule shalbe of value, & the Lorde shall forgeue her, because her father forbade her. ⁶ If she had an husband when she vowed or pronounced oughte out of her lyppes wherwith she bonde her soule, ⁷ and her husbande hearde it and helde hys peace there at the same daye he hearde it: Then her vowes and her bondes wherwyth she bounde her soule, shall stande in effecte. ⁸ But and yf her husbande forbade her the same day that the heard it, then hath he made her vowe whyche she had vpon her of none effecte, and that also which she pronounced wt her lyppes wherwyth she bounde her soule, and the lord shal forgeue her. ⁹ The vowe of a wyddowe and of her that is deuorced, and all that they haue bounde their soules wyth all, shall stande in effecte wyth them. ¹⁰ If she vowed in her husbandes house or bounde her soule with an oth, ¹¹ & her husband heard it and helde hys peace and forbade her not: then al her vowes & boundes wherwith she bound her soule, shall stande. ¹² But yf her husband disanulled them the same daye that he heard them, then nothyng that proceded out of her lippes in vowes & boundes wherwith she bounde her soule shall stande in effecte: for her husbande hath loused them. And the Lord shal forgeue her. ¹³ All vowes and othes that bynde to humble the soule, maye her husbande stablyshe or breake. ¹⁴ But yf her husbande holde hys peace from one day vnto another, then he stablysheth al her vowes and bondes whyche she had vpon her, because he helde his peace the same day that he heard them. ¹⁵ And yf he afterward breake them, he shal beare her sinne hym selfe. ¹⁶ These are the ordynaunces whyche the Lord commaunded Moses, betwene a man and hys wyfe, and betwene the father & hys daughter, beyinge a damsell in her fathers house.

⁷ A fooles mouth is hys owne destruccion and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

⁴ If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it. As for folish vowes, he hath no pleasure in them. ⁵ If thou promise any thynge, paye it: for better it is that thou make no vowe then that thou shouldest promyse, and not paye. ⁶ Vse not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to synne, that thou say not before the aungell: my foolishnesse is in the faute. For then God will be angry at thy voyce, & destroye all the workes of thyne handes.

⁸ Shoulde a man vse falshede and disceyte with God as ye vse falshede and disceyte wyth me? Yet ye saye: wherin vse we disceyt wyth the? In Tithes & heaueofferinges. ⁹ Therfore are ye cursed with penury, because ye dissemble with me, all the sorte of you. ¹⁰ Bringe euerye Tithe into my barne, that there maye be meat in myne house: and proue me withall (sayeth the Lorde of hostes) yf I will not open the windowes of heauen vnto you, and poure you out a blessynge with plenteousnesse.

³³ Agayne ye haue hearde how it was sayed to them of olde time, thou shalt not forsweare thy self, but shalt performe thine othe to God.

⁹ And Dauid aunswered Rechab and Baanah hys brother, the sonnes of Reman the Berothite, and sayde vnto them: as surelye as the Lorde lyueth whiche hath delyuered my soule out of all aduersites: ¹⁰ hym that told me howe that Saul was dead, thynkyng to haue brought me good tydynges, I caught & slew in Zikeleg, to geue hym a rewarde for his tydynges bringing. ¹¹ And how much more ought I so to deale with weked men that haue slayne a ryghtuouse person in hys owne house vpon hys bed. Now therfore thynke ye that I wyll not requyre hys bloude of youre handes and take you from the earth? ¹² And Dauid commaunded hys younge men, and they slue them and cut of theyr handes and theyr fete & hanged them vp by the pole in Hebron. And they toke the head of Isboseth, and buryed in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

³¹ And he brought oute the people that was therein and sawed them and drue harowes of yron vpon them, and shred some of them with shredynge knyues of yron, & thrust some into fornaces. And so he serued all the cyties of the children of Ammon. And then Dauid and all the people returned vnto Ierusalem.

⁵ Who so preuely sclaundereth hys neyghboure. hym wyl I destroye: Who so hath a prowd loke and an hye stomacke, I may not awaye with him.

⁸ A kynge that sitteth in iudgement, and loketh well aboute hym, dryueth awaye all euell.

²⁷ For he treadeth not the fytches oute wyth a wayne, neyther bringeth he the carte here & there ouer the comyn, but he tresseth the fitches out with a flayle, and the comyn with a rod. ²⁸ As for the wheate he gryndeth it to make breade thereof In as muche as he can not brynge it to passe with treadynge oute. For nether the brosyng that the carte wheles make, nor hys beastes can grynde it.

⁷ Then the Lord God shope man, euen of the mould of the erth, & brethed into his face the breth of lyfe. So man was made a lyuyng soule.

⁸ Euery man (no doute) hath a mind but it is the inspiracion of the Almyghty that geueth vnderstandynge.

³⁰ Woundes dryue away euel, and so do strips the inward partes of the body.

¹⁵ which shew the dedes of the lawe wrytten in theyr hertes: whyle theyr conscience beareth witnes vnto them, and also theyr thoughtes, accusyng one another, or excusynge

² but haue caste from vs the clokes of vnhonestye, and walke not in craftynes, neyther corrupte we the word of God: but walke in open trueth, & reporte our selues to euerye mans conscience in the syght of God. ³ Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd, it is hyd among them that are loste, ⁴ in whome the God of thys worlde hath blynded the myndes of them which beleue not, leste the lyght of the gloryous gospell of Christe which is the ymage of God shoulde shyne vnto them. ⁵ For we preache not oure selues, but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde, and oure selues youre seuauntes for Iesus sake. ⁶ For it is God that commaunded the lighte to shyne out of darknes, whiche hath shyned in oure hertes, for to geue the lyghte of the knoweledge of the glorye of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.

¹² For the word of God is quicke and myghty in operacion, and sharper then anye two edged swerde, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding a sonder of the soule and the spirite, and of the ioyntes and the marie, and iudgeth the thoughtes and the ententes of the herte: ¹³ neyther is there anye creature inuisible in the syght of him. For all thinges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

¹⁹ For therby we know that we are of the verytye, and can before him quyete oure hertes. ²⁰ But if our hertes condempne vs, God is greater then our hertes, and knoweth all thinges. ²¹ Beloued, yf our hertes condempne vs not, then haue we trust to Godward,

⁷ And why? because the kynge putteth hys trust in the Lord, and in the mercy of the most hyest he shall not miscary.

⁷ That he maye dwel before God for euer: Oh let thy louynge mercy and faythfulnes preserue hym.

¹ A Psalme of Dauid. My songe shalbe of mercye and iudgment yea vnto the, O Lord wyll I synge.

⁶ With louyng mercye and fayethfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth the Lorde, he eschueth euell.

⁵ But the trone of youre Kyngedome is full of grace, therfore he that sitteth vpon it with faythfulnesse and trueth in the house of Dauid, knowe the thing, and do his diligence to helpe shortly, according to equite and ryghteousnes.

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before the hoorehed, & reuerence the face of the olde man & dread thy god, for I am the Lorde.

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshippe, if it be founde in the waye of ryghtuousnes.

²³ Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lorde: Let not the wyse man reioyse in his wisdome, nor the stronge man in hys strength, neyther the ryche man in hys ryches: ²⁴ But who so wyl reioyse, let hym reioyse in this, that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me: for I am the Lorde, which do mercy, equite, and ryghtuousnes vpon the earth. Therefore haue I pleasure in suche thynges, sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁴ I wryte vnto you fathers, how that ye knowe him, that was from the beginninge. I wryte vnto you young men, how that ye are stronge and the word of God abyeth in you, & ye haue ouercome that wycked.

²⁵ If thou smitest a scorneful personne, the ignoraunt shall take better hede: & if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he will be the wyser.

⁹ And therfor shall the iniquite of Iacob be thus reconcyled. And so shall he take away all the frute of hys sinnes. As for aulter stones, he shall make them all as stones beaten to poulder: the groues & Idols shall not stande.

⁵ where as he (notwithstanding) shal be wounded for oure offences, & smytten for oure wickednes. For the payne of oure punyshmente shalbe sayde vpon hym, and with hys strypes shall we be healed.

¹⁰ And they verely for a few dayes, nurtered vs after their owne pleasure, but he learneth vs vnto that whiche is profytable that we myght receyue of hys holynes.